Using the exercise files

If you are a premier member of the Lynda.com library,you have access to the exercise files used throughout this course.These files can be found on the Exercise Files tab on the main course page.Then once you download the files, I encourage you tokeep all the files self-contained in this Exercise Files folder.If you feel like you need to move it toan external drive, just move the entire folder as one element.Once you open the Exercise Files folder, you'llsee I have chapter files and a Pre-renders folder.

Now, if we open one of the chapter files you'll see Ihave Cinema 4D projects and they're labeled according to the video number.Now, there may not be an Exercise file for a specific video.If you don't see one, that just means youdon't necessarily need an exercise file for that video.So lets look at chapter 3.In here, you'll see it switches to cinema 4D to After Effects files.They still go in sequence, so don't panic.The files may look different, but just keepfollowing along the numbers and everything'll line up beautifully.

Now these project files will reference some of these pre-rendered files.Now I've pre-rendered these files as PNG files.Usually when I'm rendering motion graphics, I like to use uncompressedformats like Photoshop or TIF, but just to make thingsa little quicker on download, I've rendered these at PNG.It should be plenty enough high quality to knock everything out of the park.So remember, if you need to move this folder, just move it asone piece, with all the chapter folders and the Pre-renders folder still inside.

If you don't have access to the exercise filesyou can follow along from scratch with your own assets.Let's get started.

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1/14/2014

Clients want dynamic type that shatters, glows, and smokes. Type that explodes and knocks over the camera! Learn how to create this dynamic effect by combining CINEMA 4D render passes with some fine-tuning in After Effects. Ian Robinson shows how to model your type in C4D, fracture the text with the Random effector, shatter the letters with MoDynamics, and use the render passes to create glows in After Effects—without the use of global illumination. Plus, you'll learn how to use particle animation to make your text "smoke."